“Is this letter in your writing?”
“I think so. Yes.”
“Mrs. Sloane, you testify that you opened your door and saw Mr. Vail and the captain taking Mr. Turner to his room. Is this correct?”
“Yes.”
“Why did they take him? I mean, was he not able, apparently, to walk alone?”
“He was able to walk. They walked beside him.”
“In your testimony, taken at the time and entered in the ship’s log, you say you ‘judged by the sounds.’ Here you say you ‘opened the door and saw them.’ Which is correct?”
“I saw them.”
“You say that Mr. Singleton said he wished to ‘get at’ the captain. Are those his exact words?”
“I do not recall his exact words.”